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| Broadcast area | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| Frequency | 93.5MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | 93.5 WTPA |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Classic rock |
| Subchannels | HD2:Simulcast ofWHGB (sports) |
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| WHGB,WNNK-FM,WQXA-FM,WWKL | |
| History | |
First air date | November 1, 1978 (1978-11-1) (as WQVE)[1] |
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| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 54021 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 1,250watts |
| HAAT | 219 meters (719 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°10′38.3″N76°52′36.9″W / 40.177306°N 76.876917°W /40.177306; -76.876917 (WTPA-FM) |
| Translator(s) | See§ Translators |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WTPA-FM (93.5MHz, "93.5 WTPA") is a commercialradio station licensed to serveMechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The station is owned byCumulus Media and broadcasts aclassic rockformat. Its broadcast tower is located on Reesers Summit inFairview Township, York County, at (40°10′38.3″N76°52′36.9″W / 40.177306°N 76.876917°W /40.177306; -76.876917).[3]
WTPA-FM broadcasts usingHD Radio and simulcasts thesports radio programming of sister stationWHGB on its HD2 subchannel.
TheFederal Communications Commission granted West Shore Broadcasting a construction permit for the station on October 5, 1977.[4] The station was assigned the WQVE call sign by the FCC on December 5, 1977,[4] and signed on for the first time on November 1, 1978.[1] Studios were originally located in Mechanicsburg, with the transmitter located north ofDillsburg nearWilliams Grove.[4]
The branding was changed toMagic 93 in 1982, followed by a call sign change to WKCD.[5]
In 1985,FM104 WTPA changed call signs toWNNK and its branding toWink 104. At that time, Jim O'Leary was an owner of WKCD, and his wife Caroline O'Leary was the General Manager at WNNK. The two organized a transfer of the WTPA call sign and the station's rock music format to 93.5.[6] In 1987, WTPA relocated its transmitter to a location closer to Harrisburg, along with an increase ineffective radiated power from 535 to 830 watts.[7]
By the late 1990s, AMFM, Inc. owned WTPA. AMFM was purchased byClear Channel Communications in a deal announced on October 3, 1999, and valued at $17.4 billion.[8] As a condition of the Clear Channel-AMFM merger, theUnited States Department of Justice forced the new company to sell 99 radio stations in 27 markets inUnited States. WTPA was one, as well as Harrisburg-area stationsWNNK-FM,WTCY and WNCE-FM. All went toCumulus Media.[9]
In 2011, theUnited States Department of Justice approved the purchase ofCitadel Broadcasting by Cumulus, provided that Cumulus divest itself of three stations,[10] two of which were WWKL (the former WNCE-FM) andWCAT-FM as well as the "intellectual property" of WTPA.[11] Cumulus chose to swap the WTPA and WWKL licenses, effectively moving WTPA and itsclassic rock format to 92.1 and WWKL and itscontemporary hit radio format to 93.5. Following the swap, the station changed its branding toHot 93.5.[12][13]
On March 15, 2018, WWKL flipped tocountry music as part of a format swap withNash FM-brandedWZCY-FM (the 106.7 facility concurrently took on WWKL's CHR format andHot branding). The move reduced signal overlap with Cumulus co-owned country stationWIOV-FM (which targets the Lancaster, York and Reading radio markets), and gave the CHR format wider coverage inSouth Central Pennsylvania. Alongside the swap, theNash FM format from WZCY-FM segued from a hot country format, to one focusing more on country songs and performers from the 1990s and 2000s.[14] The two stations also swapped call signs.
On December 20, 2021, WZCY-FM changed its format from country to classic rock, branded as "93.5 WTPA" under new WTPA-FM call letters, with the first song being "Welcome to the Jungle" byGuns N' Roses.[15][a]
Cumulus Broadcasting began adding HD Radio equipment to some of its stations in 2005. WTPA was one of the first ten stations to receive the new technology.[16]
The programming of WTPA-FM's second HD Radio channel is simulcast on the following translator:[17]
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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| W243BR | 96.5 FM | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | 144131 | 200 | 223 m (732 ft) | D | 40°10′38.3″N76°52′36.9″W / 40.177306°N 76.876917°W /40.177306; -76.876917 (W243BR) | LMS |